Kapp Putsch
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The Kapp Putsch, also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch, was an abortive coup d'état against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walthe
Marinebrigade Ehrhardt entering Berlin during the Putsch
Government poster written against the Kapp Putsch, 13 March 1920.
Walther von Lüttwitz (centre) and Gustav Noske (right), c. 1920
Wolfgang Kapp, the leader of the Putsch
Erich Ludendorff
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Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Prussian-born German general and politician. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914.
Kapp Putsch
…the group known as Nationale Vereinigung into the plot. These included German National People's Party (DNVP) member Wolfgang Kapp, retired general Erich Ludendorff, Waldemar Pabst (who had been behind the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in January 1919), and Traugott von Jagow, the last Berlin head…
Ludendorff in 1924
Ludendorff at the age of 17 in 1882
Hindenburg (seated) and Ludendorff. Painting by Hugo Vogel
Ludendorff in his study at the General Headquarters, 1918